Just last month, the Japanese carmaker had to recall 650, 000 Fit hatchbacks worldwide to fix a switch defect that could cause a fire.

就在上个月，日本汽车制造商不得不在全世界召回65万“飞度”斜背式汽车，以修理开关故障，否则会引起火灾。据称，一点故障会导致水进入电动车窗，引起部分零件过热。

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The washing machine would not work because of a defect in the switch.

这台洗衣机的开关有问题，不能用了。

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To illustrate the switch, let's use a "Defect" as the example.

要描述这个转变，我们拿一个“缺陷”作为例子。

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London, England (CNN) -- A baby born with a severe birth defect put its parents on opposing sides in a British court Monday over whether to switch off the child's life support.

CNN: Father fights mother over baby's life